The Wakefield Arms

The Wakefield Arms is a public house built around 1830, featuring 20th-century alterations and additions. It is constructed of red brick with Portland cement render and has an artificial slate roof, two brick stacks, and a rendered gable stack. The building is three stories high, with a rusticated ground floor. The main entrance has central double panel doors with an overlight and a pilaster surround topped with an entablature. On either side of the entrance are two plain sash windows with etched glass panels. Above, there are three very tall glazing bar sashes with moulded surrounds and a continuous cill band, situated above a wooden name board. Above these are three additional glazing bar sashes with moulded surrounds. The chamfered corner features a plain design with a single 20th-century casement window. The Park Street front includes a narrow central plain sash that was previously a doorway, flanked by single plain sashes with etched glass panes. Above this, there is a small inserted central sash, a glazing bar sash to the right, and a blocked window to the left, all with moulded surrounds, above another wooden name board and similar windows. To the right, there is a single-storey 20th-century addition. The Wakefield Arms is notable as the only surviving example of a building covered with Joseph Aspdin's patent Portland cement.